The view from within: Internal publics and CSR

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-58

  Dhanesh, Ganga Sasidharan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Employees behaviour; Internal public; Organizational commitment; Public relations; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861375976     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632541211197987     Document Type: Article

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